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Helmut E. Landsberg
Pages 152-157

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... He developed regional and national applied climatological networks. He integrated atmospheric science into human affairs 153
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... From 1951 to 1954 he was director of the Geophysics Directorate of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center. There he hack occasion not only to develop in-house research with young proteges but also to fund high-quality university
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... In addition, he was a member of the German Meteorological Society, the American Institute for Medical Climatology, the International Society of Biometeorology, the MountWashington Observatory, the Sneckenberg Societ,v of Natural History, the Society of Sigma Xi, the Societ,v of Sigma Pi Sigma, the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, and he was an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as president of the WMO Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology from 1969 to 1978; he was a member of a WMO AdvisoryWorking Group from 1978 to 1981; and he was a member of its Commission for
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... He received the Exceptional Meritorious Service Award from the Department of Commerce in 1960. The AMS bestowed on Landsberg their Award for OutstanclingAchievementin Bioclimatologyin 1964, the Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Services to the Society in 1972, and the Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Sciences by an Individual in 1983.
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... His research explorations command numerous topics, including seismology, geography, geology, climatology, weather forecasting, bioclimatology, urban climate, climate history, and climate services among many others. Yet, given the enormityofhis formal output, to most of his colleagues and acquaintances Landsberg is remembered best as a man whose door and mind were always open to discussion and the exchange of icleas, en cl who was overwhelmingly supportive and encouraging.
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